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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1950
Page
3
Teacher Question and Johnny’s Clever Answer
A classroom joke with a teacher asking what part of an automobile is most dangerous and Johnny replying that it is the driver. The exchange captures a playful moment highlighting a child’s witty retort about road safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
Senate election result confirms Slushe victory
The question confirms Slushe's Senate election, stating a $600,000 majority in support. The note highlights the margin as the decisive factor in the win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slushe
Senate
Doting Mother and the Piano Teacher Exchange
Distant, clipped dialogue reveals a joke about mistaken identity and a casual request for money. A teacher confirms a daughter’s “execution” as a grim punchline, while a caller pretends to be Jake but is later revealed as Henry seeking fifty dollars. The humor hinges on confusion and social misdirection.
Every Penny Postcard Subsidizes Mail Costs for Government
Washington reports that sending a penny postcard costs 2.6 cents to print sell and deliver though the sender pays only one cent. Christmas cards cost about a half cent per item in subsidies and air mail stamps 6 cents are subsidized by airline payments to carry mail, leaving nearly every mail piece subsidized except perhaps the first class letter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Auto transmissions gain popularity reducing driver's left foot
The article notes major automakers plan automatic shifting devices by next summer with optional low priced models. Prices aim to drop from 160–225 to about 100, while mass production may lower costs though parts complexity keeps prices above hand and foot shifting. Harold T. Youngren of Ford emphasizes the higher cost of not having to think for yourself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors
Buick
Packard
Chrysler
Studebaker
Nash
Kaiser Frazer
Oldsmobile
Auto
Harold T. Youngren
Ford Motor Co
Old Bay Mare in the Traces at 35
A bay mare in her 35th year, Dolly, still works light plowing at the Davis Nursery Brownwood. She has lived in Brownwood area all her life and once served on a rural mail route. In 1918 she helped pull wagons for local oil drill activity near the A. C. Hardy place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownwood
Davis
Dolly
A. C. Hardy
Dolly Transfer Ties to Hardy Estate Heir Davis
Dolly is now owned by Mrs. A. M. Davis, an heir of the Hardy estate, following a lineage that traces to a stallion who lived into his late twenties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Davis
Hardy
Dolly
One-Ear Defendant Excused as Jury Quip Echoes Courtroom
A juror requests excuse citing single ear hearing. The judge responds with humor about hearing only one side of a case at a time. The exchange highlights courtroom wit amid jury selection.
Notice to heirs in Texan citation case No. 57900
The State of Texas serves citation to multiple named heirs and unknown heirs of listed deceased parties including George B Pilant and Amanda Burns among numerous Fitch and Burns relatives, with stressed successor interests and legal representatives identified or implied in the long list. The document names administrators and heirs and outlines formal service requirements for the probate matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Texas
George B. Pilant
M. B. Shackleford
Montgomery B. Shackleford
Jepthah Burns
Jepthah S. Burns
L. J. Edwards
Amanda Burns
William D. Fitch
John A. Fitch
Jeptha S. Burns
Amanda Z. Burns
Amanda V. Burns
Elizabeth Fitch
Albert C. Fitch
A. C. Fitch
Maggie C. Fitch
Maggie C. Scott
Jas. D. Woods
W. D. Fitch
J. R. Salarzar
J. Freeze
T. J. Bury
Maggie M. Bury
Lottie J. Burns
Carlos L. Burns
Lumni V. Burns
W. D
Unknown Heirs Named in Grayson County Citation
The document lists numerous unknown heirs and representatives of deceased individuals tied to a Pierce court case in Grayson County Texas. The filing names parties including Wilkins Burns Goodbar Mote and others, with a summons to appear before the Fifteenth Judicial District Court in Sherman on February 27, 1950. It details two land parcels in Sherman on Post Oak Creek related to the W. D. Fitch Addition and seeks quieting title and damages of 5000 dollars plus costs. The case number is 57900, filed January 11, 1950, with plaintiff Coach Boaz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Cook
George B. Mote
G. W. Gray
Franklin M. Gray
Amanda E. Gray
Manda
Fifteenth Judicial District Court
Grayson County
Texas
Court House
Sherman
A. D
Coach Boaz
Grayson
State of
Post Oak Creek
George B. Pilant
W. D. Fitch
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
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Bob Hope
Shakespeare
Danny
Jake
Henry
Denison
Red
Griffin
S. Armstrong
Whitewright Lumber Co
Paul E. Svoboda
S.H. Montgomery Agency
W. E. Laroe
Glen Earnheart
Whitewright, Texas
Best Farm
M. & P. Bank Bldg. A
Creager Co
Sherman, Texas
B. S. Roe
Lumni V. Roe
Carlis L. Burns
E. S. Wilkins
Kate Wilkins
Helen F. Wilkins
Marion A. Wilkins
William W. Wilkins, Jr
Edward B. Wilkins
W. W. Wilkins
H. S. Wilkins
Marion Goodbar
Marion N. Goodbar
J. T. Cunningham
Marion A. Welkins
Helen S. Wilkins
F. L. O’hanlon
L. C. Chapman
Sophy F. Fry
E. K. Chapman
G. W. Porter
George Mote
George D. Mote
Geo. D. Mote
Bassett Station
Sinclair Products
L. Laroe & CO
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